British English School

1- To boost your confidence during your presentation, open your chest and arms and keep your back straight. It will help you feel more relaxed and breathe better.

2- To make your audience comfortable, simply SMILE at them. Smiling is our most powerful weapon.

3- To engage people, GESTURE with your arms and hands in a natural way. Also look your audience in the eye. People tend to naturally pay attention to people who look them in the eye.

4- To demonstrate authority, KEEP CALM and use small and stiff gestures. This will make people trust you and view you as a confident person.

5- To bring movement to your speech, use the physical space you have available and WALK IT.

6- To keep your audience's attention, VARY YOUR GESTURES through the presentation.
7- To draw attention to a certain element of the presentation, POINT DIRECTLY AT IT AND LOOK AT IT ON THE SCREEN at the same time, your audience will follow your eyes and finger.

8- To encourage audience participation, USE OPEN GESTURES and if possible WALK AROUND TOWARD PEOPLE. We tend to participate more when we have proximity to a speaker.

9- To make a hard question seem easier, PAUSE, BREATHE SLOWLY (this will give you time to think) and then answer while looking the questioner in the eye.

10- To make your audience buy your story, USE POSITIVE GESTURES during the entire presentation: NODDING, OPEN GESTURES, SMILING, etc.